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Out for a walk in Donadea Forest Park in County Kildare Ireland, a damp day cool day.  A lot of families use the park, feeding the ducks, walking the dog having a picnic or just grabbing a coffee in the magical tea shop. So walking around the small lake I came across a tree, some might say it is a forest park and trees are all around. This is a special tree, a tree where the child’s pacifier/dummy’s goes when they are ready to give them up. Here is a photo from the Dummy Tree.

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Think of all the hours off comfort on this branch, , I wonder if the children ever return to see the special place where they left it.

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69/365 Shutter release challenge

Can’t help myself when it comes to the view from the garden, so today the light was beautiful and I can’t help it. so it’s another view from our garden.

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Hope you enjoy the view has much I do. Thank you for viewing.

PS. If you look closely in the tree on the right hand side, you will see a black and white bird. This is a Cormorant a large sea bird.

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1st Presbyterian Church

Here is a night shot of 1st Presbyterian Church in the town of Saintfield, County Down, Ireland. It was built in 1777 on the old site of the original church which lost it’s roof during a severe wind storm on Christmas Eve 1775.  The minister, Rev. Thomas Leslie Birch formed the County Down Society of the United Irish Men and  he also took part in the 1798 Rebellion.

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Saintfield

Battle of Saintfield

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Parallel World

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This was the view using a 17mm lens across Lough Sillan in County Cavan, Ireland today. The water was a mirror finish with out a ripple, I have never seen the lough so still. This photo does not do it justice, but it was a quick grab shot on my way to an appointment. Would have loved to spent the afternoon exploring the lough. Another day will come.

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Water Logged

What a day here, with the low winter sun it looks beautiful outside. Until you step out and the gale force winds would chill you to the bone. So I went up through the Dromara Hills and on through the Mourne mountains. Stopped off at Spelga dam where the water level was high and with strong winds whipping white tops on the water. Hand holding and braced against a grass bank I got this shot.

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More photographs from today on Flickr.